Ijaw youths protest environmental degradation due to oil exploration

Ijaw and Ndokwa youths, under the aegis of Ndokwa East Ijaw Nation Movement (NEINM), have protested the degradation caused by oil exploration by Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO), on the coast of the River Niger. The youths, who yesterday stormed the company’s premises in Ndokwa East Local Government of Delta State, said […]

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Wike, Obaseki rift forces PDP to shift NEC meeting

Fresh facts have emerged that the clash between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Edo State counterpart Godwin Obaseki, forced the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to shift its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting from Tuesday  to Wednesday. The two governors who are currently at loggerheads with each other, are of the same party, […]

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Say anything about me but stay off my children, Davido warns critics

Multiple award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has warned critics against talking down on his children. This is as the Aye crooner took to his Twitter page on Monday evening to lash out at a critic who threw shade at his son, Ifeanyi. The Twitter user had faulted the singer for using […]

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Davido, Peruzzi fume over troll’s comment on son’s paternity

A troll made by one Mista Mdee on the paternity of David Adeleke, aka Davido’s son, Ifeanyi, has continued to generate reactions across the social media space. Mdee, in a tweet that had been deleted, alleged that Ifeanyi was sired by Peruzzi as he described Davido’s album as a disaster. The tweet read, “Using Peruzzi’s […]

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Reps grill Amaechi, BPE officials over $214m Deep Blue contract

The Bureau of Public Procurement has told the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy that it does not possess the documents presented by the HSL International Limited, which the Federal Government awarded the ‘Deep Blue Project’ contract, before the firm was issued a Certificate of No Objection. According to the BPP, the documents on HSL […]

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Amid fuel crisis, Nigeria’s inflation hit 15.70% in February

The Consumer Price Index rose to 15.7 per cent in February from 15.6 per cent in January, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. The NBS disclosed this in its ‘Consumer Price Index February 2022’ report on Tuesday. According to the NBS, the highest increases were recorded in prices of gas, liquid […]

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Buni’s men consolidate hold on APC, Akpanudoedehe returns to office, says convention holds March 26

Members of the All Progressives Congress, who are loyal to the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday, consolidated their hold on the party after surviving last week’s attempt to remove them. On Monday, the Secretary of the CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, who had not made a public appearance in the […]

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BESDA: Oyo inaugurates environmental safeguard team for out-of-school children

Oyo State Government has inaugurated Environmental and Social Safeguard teams in the State to ensure that out-of-school children captured and re-enrolled in the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme are taught in child-friendly environments without any form of threat. Speaking at a two-day orientation training for the newly constituted local environmental and social […]

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Rep Akande-Sadipe debunks defection rumour

Member, House of Representatives, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has debunked claims in some quarters that she is set to defect to the People’s Democratic Party, ahead of the 2023 General elections. She was reacting to a viral social media post in which a member of PDP, (names withheld) posted her picture with the text “Congratulations to Oyo […]

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Confusion in PDP over plot to stop Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal

Clash over returnee-defectors rocks National Caucus meeting Ex-VP: 2023 poll our last chance Confusion broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caucus meeting on Monday night, forcing National Chairman Dr Iyorcha Ayu to abruptly reschedule proceedings till Tuesday. The uproar at the meeting was triggered by the insistence of some leaders from the […]

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